[halapro]

I think you're in the wrong ecosystem if you don't like animations. Over the top animations have been at the core of Apple, I still remember the "drop in the water" animation of OS X Tiger's Dashboard. 20 years ago.

[dzink]

I use their accessibility features to stop all animations I can. Maybe if more people upvote here they will hear us. No point in suffering in silence.

[lynndotpy]

I agree with this entirely:

> no latency from brain to action is the greatest design you can possibly have. We want to feel one with the machine.

But... I used Windows growing up before switching to Linux, and I've been using a Macbook in recent years. Both Windows and Linux can be configured to run with no animation lag, but AFAIK this is just not possible in MacOS. I can't imagine doing anything serious on MacOS with animation log completely interrupting my train of thought or flow state.

I'm no Windows fan, but at least circa 2019, I know Windows 10 could be configured to be similarly snappy and free of laggy animations.

The greatest sin in MacOS is the immense lag when switching desktops ("Spaces"). It's a baffling design decision, I can't believe it's intentional.

[OptionOfT]

Except auto-playing videos in browser.

[p_ing]

Of course “Apple” isn’t listening here. Leave the upvote begging to reddit.

Apple has proper channels for this, including https://www.apple.com/feedback/macos/.

Given Apple has provided a workaround, don’t expect any changes.

[dijit]

I think you're overselling it, the minimise? Sure.

But I can't think of a single animation that added a delay to processing on MacOS.

Compare to say, Windows, at least.

[dzink]

Try Liquid Glass on iphone. Absolutely horrible if you don’t turn off all the motion.

[lynndotpy]

Switching desktops on MacOS is a >1 second long animation that blocks input which can't be disabled. It can only be replaced with a fade in/out which is just as long.